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Next time someone tells you that Nintendo's Power Glove accessory was a flop, point them to Dillon Markey, an animator who works on projects like Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken. Markey has been using a modified Power Glove for more than a year now, using it to help him control the devices and software he needs to get the right shot.

But because making the Power Glove feature a Bluetooth keyboard just wasn't enough, Markey's modified version also sports a retractable set of tweezers and a sensor that causes it to speak when given a fist bump. (Unfortunately, the phrase it speaks is unsuitable for print here. But it rhymes with "ducking awesome.")

A short documentary by Ava Benjamin was posted to Vimeo earlier this week, and it shows Markey using and reminiscing about the iconic piece of wearable technology. "I see this and it's like the coolest thing in the world, it's like a cyborg arm," Markey says in the video, which you can watch after the break.

See? The Power Glove wasn't a failure, it was just ahead of its time! Yeah, that's it - 26 years ahead of its time.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ava-benjamindillon-markeynintendopower-gloverobot-chickenstop-motionSun, 18 Jan 2015 21:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/07/step-into-the-dream-machine-episode-5-on-november-14/http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/07/step-into-the-dream-machine-episode-5-on-november-14/http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/07/step-into-the-dream-machine-episode-5-on-november-14/#commentsThe Dream Machine's penultimate episode is due out on Friday, November 14, featuring scenery hand-crafted from moss, coffee grounds and ... are those broccoli trees? Finally, we can pretend to be vegetarian giants during our adult lives.

The Dream Machine is a whimsical, eerie point-and-click adventure created with real-life materials and filmed in stop-motion. There will be six episodes total, after developers at Cockroach Inc. decided to split episode four into two pieces because it was bigger than they anticipated.

"It took a while, but it's crazy big, featuring strange forests made out of moss, lichen and coffee grounds," Cockroach Inc. founder Anders Gustafsson says about episode five. "We really went balls-out on this one."

On YouTube, Cockroach Inc. adds, "In order to differentiate it from most other games out there, we decided to steer as far away from all things polygonal as possible, and are actually building all the environments, props and characters out of clay and cardboard."

See a few pretty images from episode five in the gallery, and below check out the release date trailer featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the painstaking creation of these environments. The Dream Machine is available for PC and Mac via Steam and the game's official site.

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Stop-motion adventure game Dominique Pamplemousse is now available on Steam. The PC and Mac game is 15 percent off ($4.24), and the Deluxe Edition version is 17 percent off ($4.97) until March 18. Dominique Pamplemousse also launched on the Humble Store today, and is priced at $4.99.

The indie adventure game's Deluxe Edition includes soundtrack and sheet music DLC, which is also half-off ($0.99) this week. Developer Deirdra Kiai confirmed the DLC's inclusion in the Deluxe Edition via Twitter, but warned that multiple reports indicate that some currencies "make it more money than separately." The developer also added the sheet music extras for Humble Store purchases.

Dominique Pamplemousse is described as an "animated detective adventure game about gender and the economy," and is also dubbed a "musical" by Kiai, complete with singing characters. One of the characters, protagonist and private investigator Dominique Pamplemousse, is asked to find a missing pop star by a CEO of a record company and winds up framed for a crime. The claymation-style game launched on PC, Mac and iPad when Joystiq spoke with Kiai about the game at E3 last June.

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This cool video by YouTuber guizdp uses perler beads to guide viewers through a few levels of the original NES version of Donkey Kong. We don't recommend throwing game carts the way guizdp does, however.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Donkey-Kongnesstop-motionyoutubeSun, 28 Jul 2013 22:30:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/voyager-is-an-ios-game-made-out-of-wool/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/voyager-is-an-ios-game-made-out-of-wool/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/voyager-is-an-ios-game-made-out-of-wool/#commentsOkay, two things: One, Voyager is a new iOS game made entirely out of wool; and two, we're going to do our very best to get through this whole article without making any sheep or cloth-related puns.

Rather than taking the traditional, blasé route of creating sprites and backgrounds with computers and stuff, one-man indie outfit Ken Amarit of Oh My! Me Studios opted instead to create his game out of needle-pointed wool and stop-motion animation techniques. The game itself is a tilt-controlled avoidance game where the player's adorable little space ship must avoid space debris and creatures while collecting things.

Of course, we knew the stop-motion model for the character wouldn't be fully human-sized, because that would be a ridiculous expense and effort for absolutely no payoff. But we're still delighted to see the actual sculpture used in the game, in all its diminutive glory. We also like how "homemade" the studio looks -- actual Mortal Kombat images were lit by a desk lamp taped to a cookie tin taped to some other stuff.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>claymationed-boongoromortal-kombatstop-motionMon, 22 Jun 2009 09:12:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/friday-video-dun-dun-dun-tetris-song/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/friday-video-dun-dun-dun-tetris-song/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/friday-video-dun-dun-dun-tetris-song/#commentsIf there's anything that our gaming brethren have taught us, it's that bottles make for great musical instruments when performing video game songs. Even if the video doesn't involve an RC car, we still love this rendition of everyone's favorite Tetris song. You know, the one that goes like this.

Even better is that while performing "Korobeiniki," these folks are clearly having fun with it. That's enough to make us want to drink a few gallons worth of wine ... uh, just to get enough bottles to try this out for ourselves, of course. We also appreciate the stop-motion effect, because it just makes the whole stunt all the more impressive.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bottleskorobeinikistop-motiontetrisFri, 09 May 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/28/todays-stop-motionest-game-video-lego-smb/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/28/todays-stop-motionest-game-video-lego-smb/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/28/todays-stop-motionest-game-video-lego-smb/#commentsFiled under: Culture, Hacks, Retro, VideoFor tonight's video, we chose the Super Mario Bros. Lego video that's been floating around recently. This stop-motion animation shows Mario as a regular-shaped Lego man; instead of making a video as close to SMB as possible, Mario, mushrooms, enemies, and other items are warped through the Lego lens. There's a place for literal Lego game tributes, but we still like this short. Love those sound effects!

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>animatehottest videoHottestVideolegomariostop-motionsuper mario brossuper mario bros.SuperMarioBrosSuperMarioBros.Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/todays-hottest-game-video-tea-light-tetris/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/todays-hottest-game-video-tea-light-tetris/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/29/todays-hottest-game-video-tea-light-tetris/#commentsFiled under: Culture, VideoToday's video pick comes from the bowels of YouTube, thanks to a Boing Boing tipster. This stop-motion animation of dozens of tea lights proves that anything can be made into a gaming homage. After detailed arrangement and the addition of fire -- fire good! -- the flames dance into Pac-Man, Tetris, and other classic game scenes.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>animationhottest videoHottestVideostop motionstop-motionStopMotiontea lightTeaLightMon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/10/todays-hottest-game-video-smb3-in-lego/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/10/todays-hottest-game-video-smb3-in-lego/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/10/todays-hottest-game-video-smb3-in-lego/#commentsFiled under: Culture, RetroToday's most-watched YouTube game video is a trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. This upcoming PS3 title ... okay, we just can't do it. Final Fantasy fans, follow the link to get your fix. We're sure you'll love the game; Final Fantasy just seems to come up a lot on YouTube, and we want something different tonight.

For the rest of you, we offer the second-most-watched video of the day -- with nearly as many views as the Final Fantasy trailer -- a Lego animation of Super Mario Bros. 3. This brilliant video shows what SMB3 would look like if your TV rendered 2D images in Lego. The animation looks like a pixel-to-brick translation, recasting Mario in bright Lego colors.

It's unclear if the animation is literally the labor-intensive process of animating each brick, but it looks great regardless. (Originating site, BitFlicks says that some videos use software effects.)

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>animationLegoLego DDRLegoDdrlegosStop-motionTue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/04/chotto-shot-pictures-videos-and-impressions-m/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/04/chotto-shot-pictures-videos-and-impressions-m/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/04/chotto-shot-pictures-videos-and-impressions-m/#commentsThe PSP camera, with Chotto Shot, is now available in Japan, and for import buyers. PSP GadgetZ has some really great pictures of the camera, packaging, and more importantly, pictures taken with the peripheral. According to a translation by PSP-Vault, "He says that the diagonal lines are pretty bad, and that at low light levels, there is a lot of noise in the images. He's also a bit annoyed that you need to remove the camera to transfer data to your PC." The image quality is apparently not too great, but I guess that's expected from a device that costs $50, and not hundreds.